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Archaeological dig unearths sculptures dating back to the Stone Age

December 2nd, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Dec 2 (ANI): Archaeologists have uncovered rare sculptures from the late Stone Age at Zaraysk, 150 km south-east of Moscow in Russia. According to a report by BBC News, the findings ...

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Archaeologists discover rare Bronze Age amber necklace in Greater Manchester

December 2nd, 2008 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Dec 2 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has uncovered a rare amber necklace believed to be about 4,000 years old in Greater Manchester, in the UK, dating back to the ...

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Archaeologists dig up ancient tomb near Machu Picchu in Peru

December 1st, 2008 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Lima (Peru), Dec 1 (ANI): A group of archaeologists have dug up an ancient tomb at the Torontoy Archaeological Complex in the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu in Peru. The tomb, ...

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Evidence indicates ancient Serbian site was a typical Roman settlement

November 30th, 2008 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has discovered monumental buildings below Romuliana, an ancient site in Zajecar in Serbia, covering a total of 300 square meters, which suggests that ...

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Archaeologists uncover medieval Bishops palace in England

November 29th, 2008 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 29 (ANI): The remains of the palace of a medieval Bishop have been uncovered by a team of archaeologists digging at the site of a Roman temple in Ross-on-Wye, ...

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90-year-old stone note revealed to be written by Canadian soldier

November 28th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 28 (ANI): The mystery of a 90-year-old note inscribed in stone, found by archaeologists in Denbighshire, UK, has been solved thanks to a trans-Atlantic e-mail. According to a report by ...

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Archaeologists discover 3,000 yr old embalmed corpse of Iranian king

November 28th, 2008 - 1:06 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Archaeologists have found the embalmed corpse of a king, along with five corpses of his bodyguards, in the Irans Kurdistan province, dating back to 3,000 years. The king ...

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Excavations reveal red color ruled fashion world 15,000 years ago

November 27th, 2008 - 3:24 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 27 (ANI): Archaeologists have found evidence in recent excavations in China that suggest the color red could have been used in clothing 15,000 years ago. The archaeological team, led ...

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Earliest settlers in the Caribbean preferred to live on smaller islands

November 25th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 25 (ANI): New evidence has suggested that the earliest settlers in the Caribbean preferred to live on smaller islands, which challenges the assumption that large islands are more important ...

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Buddhas skull found in 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda in China

November 25th, 2008 - 1:50 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 25 (ANI): Archaeologists have claimed that a 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda, unearthed in Nanjing, China, holds a piece of skull belonging to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism. According to ...

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1,000-year-old miniature pagoda may hold top part of Buddhas skull

1,000-year-old miniature pagoda may hold top part of Buddhas skull

November 24th, 2008 - 5:33 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Nov 24 (ANI): Archaeologists have determined that a 1,000-year-old miniature pagoda, which was recovered from an iron case found at a former temple site in China, could hold the ...

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Archaeologists discover new pyramid in Egypt

November 23rd, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Cairo, Nov 23 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a five meters tall subsidiary pyramid of queen Sesheshet at Saqqara necropolis in Egypt. Queen Sesheshet was the mother of King Teti I, the founder ...

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“Screaming mummy” could be murderous son of Pharaoh Ramses III (Re-Issue)

“Screaming mummy” could be murderous son of Pharaoh Ramses III (Re-Issue)

November 23rd, 2008 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): A new analysis of the "screaming mummy", an Egyptian mummy who died wearing a pained facial expression, has suggested that he could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of ...

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Screaming mummy could be murderous son of Pharaoh Ramses III

Screaming mummy could be murderous son of Pharaoh Ramses III

November 22nd, 2008 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): A new analysis of the screaming mummy, an Egyptian mummy who died wearing a pained facial expression, has suggested that he could be Prince Pentewere, suspected of ...

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King Davids kingdom was as grand as the Bible describes it to be

November 21st, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): The discovery of the second gate of a 3,000-year-old fortress unearthed outside Jerusalem, is being claimed by archaeologists as further evidence that the first kingdom of King ...

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Brit man discovers PS350k Iron Age neckband

November 20th, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 20 (ANI): While on a lookout for bits of Second World War aircraft, a Brit metal detector enthusiast has discovered a 2,000-year-old golden neckband. Worth 350,000 pounds, Maurice Richardson discovered ...

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Iron Age man believed soul was separate from the body

November 18th, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): An Iron Age chiseled stone slab has been discovered by archaeologists in southeastern Turkey a finding that provides the first written evidence in the region that people ...

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100 new roman artifacts discovered in Macedonia

November 18th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by ANI -
Sofia (Bulgaria), Nov 18 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has found over 100 new artifacts, which date back to the early Roman period, at the Gabrevci site in the central part ...

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Ancient Turkish temple might be the birthplace of civilization

November 15th, 2008 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a temple in Turkey that dates back to 11,500 years, which they say might be the birthplace of civilization. According to a report in the ...

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Chandigarh was part of Harappan civilisation 5,000 years ago

November 14th, 2008 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI -
By Sunil Sharma Chandigarh, Nov.14 (ANI): Not many people may know that modern-day Chandigarh city, mostly designed by Swiss born French architect and planner Le Corbusier, also has a pre-historic past. About ...

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Archaeologists find 300-yr-old bowl fragment in Belfast

November 14th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 14 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a piece of crockery, namely the fragment of a bowl, that dates back to the year 1676, on a Belfast city centre building site. ...

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Archaeologists find ancient babies beakers in Sicilian necropolis

November 13th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Rome, Nov 13 (ANI): Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the largest Greek necropolis in the city of Himera on the island of Sicily, where the ancient version of ...

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Archaeologists discover portal to Mayan hell in Mexico

Archaeologists discover portal to Mayan hell in Mexico

November 13th, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 13 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a labyrinth filled with stone temples and pyramids in 14 caves, some of which are underwater, on Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula, which according to Maya ...

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An Israeli archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring

November 12th, 2008 - 1:28 pm ICT by Amrit Rashmisrisethi -
An Israeli archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old gold earring under a parking lot next to the walls of Jerusalem's old city. The discover draws back to date just after the time of ...

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Archaeologists discover world’’s oldest shaman grave in Israel

Archaeologists discover world’’s oldest shaman grave in Israel

November 5th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed what is believed to be the world''s oldest known grave of a shaman in northern Israel, which includes an elderly female of the mysterious ...

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3,000-yr-old Bronze Age house unearthed in UK

November 3rd, 2008 - 4:43 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Nov 3 (ANI): An archaeological dig has revealed traces of a 3,000-year-old later Bronze Age round house in Bognor Regis in West Sussex, UK. According to a report in the Observer, ...

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Archaeologists find ancient ritual site in Java

November 3rd, 2008 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI -
Jakarta, Nov 3 (ANI): A team of archeologists, which has discovered six ancient relics, a Chinese coin, and a temple foundation in a village in the island of Java, Indonesia, have ...

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3,000-year-old “Spider God” temple found in Peru

3,000-year-old “Spider God” temple found in Peru

October 30th, 2008 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 30 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered a 3,000-year-old temple featuring an image of a spider god in Peru, which may hold clues to little-known cultures in the ancient past of ...

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Archaeologists find 1,700 year old Iron Age wooden artifacts in Sweden

October 26th, 2008 - 12:12 pm ICT by ANI -
Stockholm, Oct 26 (ANI): A team of archaeologists digging near the planned expansion of a roadway in Sweden have uncovered 1,700 year old artifacts made of wood, making them some of ...

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Archaeologists discover nine ancient Roman columns on riverbed

October 22nd, 2008 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI -
Rome, Oct 22 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered nine ancient Roman columns believed to have originally lined the most important Roman road into the Balkans, on a riverbed in northern Italy. According to ...

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